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I Organise the Teaching of English at Queen's, As Well As Teaching the Literature Courses at the Modern End of the Syllabus Congratulations on being offered a place at Queen's! I organise the teaching of English at Queen's, as well as teaching the literature courses at the modern end of the syllabus. Although you will be taught by a variety of tutors with different specialisms during your time at Oxford, I’ll be advising you and organising your English tutorials for you throughout the course. You’ll be studying four papers in English in the first year: Introduction to English Language and Literature (Paper 1), Early Medieval Literature, 650-1350 (Paper 2), Literature in English, 1830-1910 (Paper 3), and Literature in English, 1910 to the present day (Paper 4). You will study Paper 3 in Michaelmas (autumn) term, and Paper 4 in Hilary (spring). Classes for Paper 1 will run throughout the year, with the Language teaching taking place in Michaelmas, and teaching on the literary section of the paper following in Hilary. The Early Medieval paper will also be studied throughout the year. Reading lists are attached. Given the pressure of work in term, it is vital that you read the texts before you arrive in Oxford: you will not have time to read the ‘primary texts’ (the novels, plays and poetry) for the first time, as well as the ‘secondary texts’ (criticism on the primary material) that you’ll be researching too. Prioritise the texts for the first term (Paper 3 rather than Paper 4), ensuring the novels in particular are all read. A number of them are very substantial works, and students who don’t read them in advance find that they are seriously disadvantaged throughout the first term. It would be a very good idea to make a start on some of the reading for spring too if you possibly can. You’ll find that many of these works are much more enjoyable and easier to follow if you devote extended periods of quality reading time to them. Remember to take good notes. I recommend taking notes on a separate piece of paper or notebook, or in the front or back of the book (remember to list page numbers!), rather than simply underlining passages as you read, which makes it difficult to revisit your ideas. Note anything you find interesting and want to talk about: it might be parts that you find difficult or confusing, sudden changes of style, or moments where the author seems to be stating a political position or a stylistic programme. When you finish reading a text, make sure you take some time (even if only half an hour) to brainstorm some immediate reactions and think about which ideas you might want to pursue further. This will make it much easier to return to the texts during the term. If there are authors or texts that don’t appear on the reading lists for the relevant period that you would like to work on next year, do let me know at the beginning of term. Although I will expect you to have read all the works on the reading lists, as core texts of the periods, it is often possible to accommodate particular interests as well. Indeed, the aim of the Oxford course is to develop your individual interests, while giving you a strong framework in which to interrogate them. You need your own copies of all the primary texts listed, but you don’t need to buy new editions if you already have copies, and it’s fine to buy second-hand: searching Amazon and Abe Books on- line is the easiest way to find second-hand copies of particular texts and editions, but second-hand bookshops will also have many of the texts. If you are buying copies, try to buy editions with good introductions and notes: Oxford World’s Classics, Penguin Classics or Norton Critical editions (unless other editions are stated). Keep your receipts: you can get a book grant when you arrive to reimburse you for two thirds of the cost of the books. 1 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to me or to the other tutors whose emails you will find listed at the end of their reading lists (especially if you have any trouble obtaining copies of any of the books). I hope you enjoy your summer’s reading: I’m very much looking forward to seeing you in October. Dr Rebecca Beasley. [email protected] Fellow in English 2 Paper 1: Introduction to English Language and Literature This paper is intended to introduce you to English language and literature as a discipline, and to a variety of approaches to reading texts. It will introduce you to formal study of the English language, with particular reference to its historical development, its use as a literary medium, and the role of cultural and social factors on its development and use. The paper will also acquaint you with a wide range of theoretical issues and reading skills, but in doing so seeks to encourage you to think for yourself and to exercise critical scrutiny. The English Faculty Library’s Guide to Prelims 1 (https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/english-prelims-paper-1) contains direct links to an invaluable range of online and bibliographic resources. Many of these are essential for work on the language section of the paper. Approaches to Language (Michaelmas) In your first term, you will be working on Section A of the paper. This focuses on the English language, and will challenge you to think about its history, varieties and uses. To familiarize yourself with some basics of the history of the language, please read Jonathan Culpeper’s History of English (London: Routledge, 2nd edition 2005). You may also enjoy this 10- minute animated history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s. The core book for this part of the paper is Ronald Carter and Walter Nash, Seeing Through Language: A Guide to Styles of English Writing (Oxford: Blackwell, 1990). You should read this book carefully over the vacation, and as you will need to refer to it regularly while working on this paper, you may want to consider buying it. If you feel your knowledge of grammar and grammatical terminology would benefit from an overhaul, an excellent resource is the Internet Grammar of English (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/home.htm). Dr Amanda Holton, [email protected] Approaches to Literature (Hilary) This half of the paper is intended to introduce you to English literature as a discipline, and to a variety of approaches to reading literary texts and literary criticism. It will acquaint you with a range of theoretical issues and reading skills but in doing so, seeks to encourage you to think for yourself and to subject them to critical scrutiny. So we’ll be talking about some of the big issues that are raised by the study of English literature. What counts as literature? Who decides? What do we do when we read a text? Is it possible to agree on what we think about a text? Does it matter if we can’t agree on what’s good and what’s bad? What’s the role of the literary critic? The classic book that outlines some of the approaches critics have historically taken to answering these questions is Terry Eagleton’s Literary Theory: An Introduction, rev. edn (Blackwell, 2008), which is very readable, and interestingly opinionated. I’d recommend reading at least the introduction and first chapter—more if you’re enjoying it. A more recent work is Andrew Bennett’s and Nicholas Royle’s An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory, 5th edn (Routledge, 2016). It’s also an informative and approachable book, with a somewhat different approach from Eagleton’s. Although these books are most relevant to the Hilary term part of this course, they will be useful for all the work you do while you’re at Oxford, and I’d suggest that you buy the Bennett and Royle, at least, and start dipping into it before coming up. Also, buy and read John Lennard’s excellent The Poetry Handbook: a Guide to Reading Poetry for Pleasure and Practical Criticism, 2nd edn (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005). Finally, you might want to read now, or over the course of the year, a history of English literature, which will help you place your reading in context. There are two currently in print to choose from: Andrew Sanders’s The Short Oxford History of English Literature, 3rd edn (Oxford University Press, 2004), and Michael Alexander’s A History of English Literature, 3rd edn (London: Palgrave, 2013). All such histories are 3 subjective, partial, and open to question, so when reading them, bear in mind the questions Eagleton, Bennett and Royle remind you to ask. Dr Rebecca Beasley, [email protected] Paper 2: Early Medieval Literature (c. 650-1350): Michaelmas and Hilary terms This paper focuses on early medieval language and literature. It covers a vast period of some seven- hundred years, stretching from the very beginnings of literacy and book-production in Anglo-Saxon England in the early seventh century, across the Norman Conquest of 1066, right through until the time of the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century. This is a period marked by an incredible vitality and inventiveness, as the linguistic and literary climate responded to and reflected rapid and often dramatic cultural changes. From a linguistic point of view, the paper covers the development of the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ language (‘Old English’) from its Germanic origins into ‘early Middle English’ in the period after 1066.
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